Saturday, 2 April 2011

Missing in knitting action

Sorry I've been gone so long.........I've been busy knitting socks and haunting Ravelry forums and my blog has been neglected. I haven't been reading blogs either so I'm sorry I'm so far behind on commenting. I think I'm going to have to start afresh from today rather than trying to catch up.

Because I've only been knitting socks I didn't think it would make for a very interesting blog read but I'm going to show you what I've been doing anyway:

I really enjoyed knitting these and waiting for each clue to be published - I even knit both socks at the same time - something I've never done before! And I love the colour - it was christened "Primrose" but I have renamed it Sherbert Lemon.

And I found a better pattern for the lovely wool from Quinn

It's called Cherry Swirls and is a really easy knit - but it's not a "flowing" knit - by which I mean it doesn't flow easily from the needles like some patterns - so it has been stuck at this stage for quite a while because I have been distracted by other more interesting patterns. But the wool is lovely and the colour is gorgeous. (Moogsmum managed to cast on and knit a pair of these in about 5 seconds flat so it's probably just me that has a problem with the pattern! We've come to the conclusion that she is a Knitting-Robot so I no longer need to worry about not being able to keep up!!)

Yesterday I cast on a new sock with some lovely handpainted yarn by Barbara at Ring-a-Rosie - my lovely local wool shop (I've spent a lot of time there lately too!).

I did the ribbing yesterday evening and then spent a lovely afternoon today knitting 5 repeats of the pattern - I'm nearly onto the heel already. The pattern is called Tadpoles which is nicely-Springly-appropriate - even if I don't have any tadpoles or frogspawn in my allotment pond (I've been spending time up there too!)

Socks make a VERY interesting post, and the lemon sherbet pair is divine, as they all are. You have inspired me to bravely try something besides ordinary round and round. :>} Have you planted anthing yet? I was going to plant peas today, but it is pouring rain, so I'll wait. I don't want my seeds to wash away, as they surely would.

Yipee! Less time crying is a VERY GOOD thing! Your socks are gorgeous. You and Leslie put me to shame with your sock production. Thanks for all the links. I need to start a new pair -- I'd like to try the cherry swirls. (Of course, that's if I remember -- at the rate my memory has been working, I could start a new pair in 10 minutes and forget that cherry swirls was the pattern I wanted to try. Getting old sucks LOL!)

I just LOVE those yellow ones. I think I'd smile all day long if I saw those peeking out of my shoes! LOL.

I still haven't managed to make even a single sock. I just cannot get my head around 4 needles. I can't do it. I guess we have to accept that somethings just aren't meant to be. I'll have to settle for admiring the sock making of other people instead.

I can't believe how many socks you've knitted up. I started on sock five times and then gave up. I really want to crack it though. My favourite of all are your lemon pair. The wool is a delicious colour and such a lovely pattern. If you ever get the chance I'd love to know where the yarn is from as it's near impossible to find a good shade of yellow.